#4 Ranked Player in Mississippi

Name: Chad Bumphis
School: Tupelo
City: Tupelo, MS
Vitals: 5' 10", 180, 4.5 (285 bench/485 squat/35" vertical)
Date of Birth: October 18, 1989
Primary Position: WR
Projected Position: WR


2007 Football Season: 37 catches for 731 yards and 12 TD's. Returned 3 kickoffs and 2 punts for Td's Named 2nd Team All-State for all classifications by Clarion Ledger.

Why Top 40 in Football: "I have great work habits. I worked hard to be where I am at now. I realize that everyone else works hard too, but I am not the type of person who stops once they get to their goals. On the field, I also have great ability. I am very shifty. I like running all over the place. I have good body control and I make people miss."

Main colleges interested in Bumphis: Alabama, MSU, and LSU

Scholarship offers: MSU, Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, Florida, Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee, Colorado, Texas Tech, and Michigan

Closest to offering next: Oregon

Scouts at Spring practice: LSU, MSU, Florida, and Michigan

Received phone calls from: Auburn (entire staff), MSU (Croom), Florida (WR coach), and Alabama (Davis)

Spring/Summer Visits: MSU (Jr Day), Ole Miss (Jr Day), Alabama (unofficial), and "I will be going down to LSU in a couple of weeks to stay for three or four days just to see the campus."

Camps: MSU (7 on 7)

Chad's top schools: Florida, Alabama, MSU, and LSU

Florida: "I like their wide receiver coach, and he tells me that they are going to use me like Percy Harvin. That is who I look up to the most, Percy. They want to give me quick screens, get me out in the open field and make people miss. I would love to take over Percy's role next."

Alabama: "They are probably recruiting me the hardest out of everybody. I enjoyed myself went I went down there the last couple of times. I get a long with their coaches real well."

MSU: "It is close to home, and it would give my family an easy ride to see me play. I also like Coach Croom and what he is doing for that program."

LSU: "Man, you know you are going to compete for a national championship if you go to LSU. They have so many great athletes over there so you know you are going to get better as a player. You are going up against the best everyday in practice."

Tell us something nobody else knows: "I never really liked football until my 9th grade year. I always played hoops. My plan was to quit playing football after my 8th grade year, but they moved me up to varsity and now I love it."

Best Player faced: Rod Woodson

If not Chad Bumphis, who'll be Mr. Football for 2008: Rod Woodson

Game I'm most anticipating: South Panola

First thing if I sign pro contract: Buy mom a new house

Dream date: Christina Milian